I propose that Learners individually reach out to Teachers, and set up meetings.
Consider that it may make sense for you to act as a Teacher, even if you don’t have a super strong grasp of the topic.
Why that way instead of the reverse? True, the learners probably have the greater motivation. But, the learners have a better idea of what they want to learn than the teachers have of what they can teach, especially if we’re accepting teachers without a super strong grasp of their topics. Thus, I think it would make more sense for the
learners to post in detail what they want, and the teachers to look over all of that and make the offer on whatever topics they can help with, even if only a little.
We could certainly do both, but then I worry that each will hope the other initiates. The cure for this is if one individual plays matchmaker to get things started. Due to the bystander effect, I’ll name adamzerner as the obvious choice for the role, but you could delegate then abdicate if someone else is willing.
A chat room could also work better than individual emails. But everybody has to be on the same channel and check it regularly. I don’t even have an invite yet (I just asked Elo for one). Is everyone else on?
Why that way instead of the reverse? True, the learners probably have the greater motivation. But, the learners have a better idea of what they want to learn than the teachers have of what they can teach, especially if we’re accepting teachers without a super strong grasp of their topics. Thus, I think it would make more sense for the learners to post in detail what they want, and the teachers to look over all of that and make the offer on whatever topics they can help with, even if only a little.
We could certainly do both, but then I worry that each will hope the other initiates. The cure for this is if one individual plays matchmaker to get things started. Due to the bystander effect, I’ll name adamzerner as the obvious choice for the role, but you could delegate then abdicate if someone else is willing.
A chat room could also work better than individual emails. But everybody has to be on the same channel and check it regularly. I don’t even have an invite yet (I just asked Elo for one). Is everyone else on?